STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
| Northeast | GP | W | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Rochester | 26 | 21 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 87 |
| *Staten Island | 26 | 19 | 7 | 52 | 26 | 82 |
| *Long Island | 26 | 17 | 9 | 56 | 40 | 70 |
| *Pittsburgh | 27 | 15 | 12 | 58 | 40 | 67 |
| Lehigh Vly. | 26 | 14 | 12 | 39 | 41 | 60 |
| Boston | 27 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 31 | 60 |
| Toronto | 26 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 37 | 42 |
| Connecticut | 28 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 68 | 34 |
| Atlantic | GP | W | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Hershey | 26 | 16 | 10 | 49 | 31 | 70 |
| *Richmond | 26 | 17 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 68 |
| Charleston | 26 | 14 | 12 | 48 | 31 | 64 |
| Jacksonville | 27 | 12 | 15 | 47 | 58 | 54 |
| Atlanta | 26 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 37 | 52 |
| Hamp. Roads | 26 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 40 | 50 |
| Raleigh | 27 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 50 | 43 |
| Maryland | 27 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 80 | 13 |
Western Conference
| Central | GP | W | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Minnesota | 26 | 20 | 6 | 52 | 16 | 79 |
| *New Orleans | 27 | 14 | 13 | 53 | 57 | 66 |
| *U.S. Pro-40 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 62 |
| Milwaukee | 26 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 44 | 54 |
| Indiana | 27 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 48 | 50 |
| Tennessee | 26 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 46 | 49 |
| Cincinnati | 27 | 7 | 20 | 42 | 67 | 33 |
| Pacific | GP | W | L | GF | GA | P |
| *San Diego | 28 | 20 | 8 | 65 | 30 | 90 |
| *Vancouver | 26 | 18 | 8 | 75 | 30 | 79 |
| *Seattle | 26 | 18 | 8 | 55 | 34 | 79 |
| *Orange Cty. | 27 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 47 | 68 |
| El Paso | 27 | 12 | 15 | 47 | 53 | 55 |
| S.F. Bay | 27 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 51 | 35 |
| Sacramento | 27 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 88 | 1 |
RESULTS
Aug. 24 in Virginia Beach, Va.
Hampton Roads 5 Raleigh 1. Goals: Fletcher (Branigan) 29, Siikala (Scrofani) 35, Siikala (Donnelly) 44, Donnelly (Brady) 49, Carver (Fenger) 81; Watkins (C.White) 25.
Hampton Rds. -- Busch (Tucker, 74), Fletcher, Branigan, B.Mitchell, Hooper (Kraemer, 54), Brady (Fenger, 63), Dominguez, Maier, Scrofani (Valencia, 71), Donnelly, Siikala (Carver, 63).
Raleigh -- Sommer, Whyte, Dan.Edwards, Pinon (Parry, 46), DeSantis (Knights, 61), Farris (Pao, 21), Carithers, Merkel, Nunley (Mekelburg, 64), Watkins, C.White.
Att.: 2,229.
Aug. 25 in Framingham, Mass.
Boston 2 Staten Island 3. Goals: D.Simpson (Montes) 53, Poltl (Montes) 58; Ke.Wilson (Oliviero) 35, Oliver (da Silva) 68, Oliviero 71.
Boston -- Latronica, Nicol, Lips (Franklin, 46), LaRochelle, John, Poltl, Ceccarelli, Vita (Crompton, 83), Kerr, Montes, D.Simpson (London, 80).
Staten Island -- Zaratin, Namazi, da Silva, Mohammed, Titus, Villagra, Dugas (Cadet, 63), Oliver, Oliviero (Leanti, 72), Tschantret, Ke.Wilson (Marcotrigiano, 80).
Att.: 1,282.
Aug. 25 in Burnaby, B.C.
Vancouver 8 Sacramento 0. Goals: Thompson (Valente) 3, Thompson (Berg) 23, Sulentic (Thompson) 25, Sebrango (Sulentic) 30, Jordan (Sebrango) 46, Thompson (Sulentic) 54, Sebrango (pen.) 58, Thompson (Berg) 67.
Vancouver -- Shepherd, To.Hardy (Lyall, 9), MacDonald, Fonseca (Franks, 59), Hall, Skinner, Berg, Valente (Jordan 46), Sulentic (Morris 70), Thompson, Sebrango.
Sacramento -- Landon, Edge, Maestretti (Galvan, 61), Nelson, Bruckner (Fabian, 46), Barbe, Cohmanschi, Perez, Willey, Farfan, K.Mercado.
Att.: 4,137.
Aug. 27 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville 0 Hershey 2. Goals: J.Mitchell (Simmonds) 76, Simmonds (J.Mitchell) 89.
Jacksonville -- Larusson, Simutowe, Schmidt, Tomaro, Bryan (Santora, 75), Nickerson (Munoz, 77), Care, Gonzalez, De Oliveira (Ledesma, 53), Nunez, Cozier (Marsh, 79).
Hershey -- Petronis, Penny, M.Williams, Leonard (Simmonds, 67), Henning, J.Smith (Ford, 48), Kopp (Goodlett, 32), Mittendorf (Swords, 79), Klein, DiFlorio, J.Mitchell.
Red card: Jacksonville -- De Los Santos (bench) 79.
Att.: 325.
Aug. 27 in Huntington Valley, Pa.
Lehigh Valley 1 Atlanta 3. Goals: Shishkov 40, Suarez 61, Suarez 85; Houser (Lunsford) 89.
Lehigh Vly. -- Dutra, Franzke, Zaun (Lunsford, 77), Imler (Boney, 67), Oudin, Bader (B.Marshall, 72), Stockton, J.Henderson, Checcio, Trotman, Dotsenko (Houser, 74).
Atlanta -- Oshoniyi, Crane, Norcott, Renfrum, Bednar, Valcourt (Stadler, 89), Silva (Samuels, 74), Castillo, Shishkov (Mohyeldin, 67), Suarez, Raeburn (Bahr, 81).
Red card: Lehigh Valley -- Trotman 23.
Att.: 776.
Aug. 27 in Wilder, Ky.
Cincinnati 2 New Orleans 3. Goals: DiGuardi (Scheer) 28, Caution 57; J.Russell 30, J.Russell 62, Tadlock (Beech) 72.
Cincinnati -- Cwiklik, DiGuardi (Caution, 54), Haitonic (Roettker, 78), Yacks (Perzigian, 69), Scheer (Schilten, 46), Lowey, Keenan, Rockey, Schulte, Strang, Michalak.
New Orleans -- Andrews, Descombs, J.Russell (Rebuck, 78), Gaunt, Guastaferro (Mikulski, 69), Dixon (Samples, 34), C.Brown, Tadlock, Beech, Adjanohouh (Alcero, 46), Veselka.
Red card: Cincinnati -- Keenan 20.
Att.: n/a.
Aug. 27 in Toronto
Toronto 0 Rochester 2. Goals: D.Miller (Sedgewick) 41, D.Miller (Sedgewick) 59.
Toronto -- Larkin, Reda, Munguia, Doliscat, Black (Ashton, 43), Vignjevic, Nunes, Holness (Mattacchione, 82), DiPlacido (Surojon, 69), Barker (Bartolomeu, 79), F.Dos Santos.
Rochester -- Onstad, Restrepo, T.Hardy, Schweitzer, Walton, Tanner (Daligcon, 69), Allnutt (Zavala, 82), Sedgewick, Biello, D.Miller (Kirmse, 74), Tilley (Young, 76).
Red card: Toronto -- Reda 52.
Att.: 4,744.
Aug. 27 in Arnold, Md.
Maryland 0 Richmond 7. Goals: Lowe (T.Williams) 5, Lowe 13, Messam 16, Jonas (Messam) 51, Glasgow (Jonas) 61, De.Etienne (Glasgow) 64, Jonas (De.Etienne) 75.
Maryland -- Yetso, S.Phillips (Kitson, 46), Pusey, Hunter, LeCrum, Simmons, Knapman, D.Phillips (Echeverry, 70), Armas, Newland, Anderson (Vega, 82).
Richmond -- McGinty, Tri.Ellis, Pizzolitto (Jonas, 46), Borgard, T.Williams, Da.Etienne, Ferruzzi (McKay, 68), Messam, DeRosario (Bueso, 61), Glasgow, Lowe (De.Etienne, 58).
Red card: Maryland -- Kitson 77.
Att.: 254.
Aug. 27 in Bethel Park, Pa.
Pittsburgh 4 Connecticut 1. Goals: Karn (Vasic) 14, Butler (Vasic) 31, Evans (Vasic) 60, DePalma (Butler) 69; Bokole (Samol) 13.
Pittsburgh -- Dedini, Terlecky, Bell (DePalma, 65), Jaworski, Bonseu, Vasic, Meyer, Butler (Flavius, 77), Kot, Evans (Tripoli, 77)< Karn (Apple, 69).
Connecticut -- Gatti, Collins, Samol, Joseph, Cornett, Navarrete (Lessig, 62), Ezeugo, Keevan, Domm, Bokole (Bliss, 66), Sogbie.
Att.: 5,325.
Aug. 27 in Franklin, Tenn.
Tennessee 1 Minnesota 2. Goals: Tomlinson (Ziyenge) 75; Nowak (Mladenov) 38, Nowak (Zeba) 89.
Tennessee -- Burke, Fisher, McNamee, Cohen, McAlpine (Barrett, 59; Van Atta, 79), DeVall, Cole, Londono, Potter, Ziyenge, Tomlinson
Minnesota -- Swallen, Bankov, Coughlin, Gramenz, Sylvester, Gentile, Zeba, Nowak, Mladenov, Lagos, Magee (M.Saunders, 82).
Att.: 1,500.
Aug. 27 in Renton, Wash.
Seattle 2 Milwaukee 0. Goals: I.Russell (Baena) 22, Own goal (Lopez) 80.
Seattle -- May, Barton, Annicchero, Waibel, Heald, Gaw (Robertson, 75), S.Henderson, Nguyen (Jenkins, 75), I.Russell, Nouri (Mann, 78), Baena.
Milwaukee -- Burdge, Lopez, Ackah, Timbers, Iribarren, S.Provan (Storm, 69), Marquinhos (Dalombo, 69), Szczepanski, Stebbins, D.Marshall, Haynes.
Att.: 2,749.
Aug. 27 in Santa Ana, Calif.
Orange County 2 San Diego 1 (OT). Goals: Patterson (Boyce) 38, Leal (S.Saunders) 97; Sinohui (Adair) 5.
Orange Cty. -- Littman, J.Vasquez, Lak, M.Foster, M.Robles (S.Saunders, 46), McDonnell, Boyce, M.Vasquez, P.Vasquez (Leal, 75), Patterson, Soto (George, 62).
San Diego -- Tate, P.Brown, Cruz (Munro, 59), Sinohui, Legg, Calderson (Farace, 59), Alegre, Chaisongkram (Smith, 86), Hetherington, Adair (Watson, 71), A.Robles.
Red card: Orange Cty. -- M.Vasquez 40.
Att.: 2,378.
Aug. 28 in Bangor, Pa.
Lehigh Valley 2 Boston 1. Goals: Boney (pen.) 33, Zavagnin (J.Henderson) 80; Vita (pen.) 39.
Lehigh Vly. -- Dutra, Zaun, Imler, Zavagnin, Bader (Oudin, 46), Trotman, Stockton, J.Henderson, Checcio, Boney (Franzke, 67), Dotsenko (B.Marshall, 77).
Boston -- Latronica, Nicol, LaRochelle, John, Vita (Crompton, 83), Poltl, Franklin, Bradley (Lips, 18), Ceccarelli, Montes, D.Simpson.
Att.: 502.
Aug. 28 in Uniondale, N.Y.
Long Island 6 Hampton Roads 3. Goals: Kolic (Wolyniec, Fernandes) 5, Kolic (Leon) 37, Wolyniec (Ragusa) 53, Wolyniec (Lucey) 64, Wolyniec (Lucey) 73, Kolic (B.Sullivan) 77; Donnelly (Branigan) 47, Donnelly (pen.) 68, Donnelly (Kraemer) 84.
Long Island -- Carou, Nealis (Myrie, 66), Wiseman, Ragusa, Piturro (Ovalle, 81), Price, Fernandes (Rambo, 81), Lucey, Leon (B.Sullivan, 63), Kolic, Wolyniec
Hampton Rds. -- Busch, Branigan, Fletcher, B.Mitchell, Hooper (Brady, 63), Dominguez, Maier, Scrofani (Carver, 75), Kinturi (Kraemer, 61), Donnelly, Siikala (Valencia 38).
Att.: 2,108.
Aug. 28 in Wilder, Ky.
Cincinnati 1 Minnesota 2. Goals: Roettker 44; Schneider 29, Schneider (Zeba) 88.
Cincinnati -- Wanamaker, Haitonic, Yacks, Schilten (Perzigian, 57), Scheer, Roettker (DiGuardi, 57; Caution, 84), G.Crawford, Keenan, Schulte, Strang (Schaeffer, 38), Michalak.
Minnesota -- Lowery, Coughlin (Zeba, 60), Raines, Gramenz (Nowak, 68), Abboud, Leventhal, Otto, Wood (Mladenov, 46), Labastida (Magee, 84), M.Saunders, Schneider.
Att.: 745.
Aug. 28 in Sacramento, Calif.
Sacramento 2 San Francisco Bay 2 (S.F. Bay wins shootout, 3-0). Goals: Farfan 4, Willey 17; Davini 12, Soebye (Gallo) 60.
Sacramento -- Landon, Nelson, Edge, Temblador, Willey (Galvan, 70), Valdez, Perez, Cohmanschi (Rohrer, 46), Cano, K.Mercado, Farfan.
S.F. Bay -- Wozniak, Sablo, Duncan, Gore, S.Simpson, Gallo, Davini, Babic, Cairel (Schultz, 65; Huber, 80), Soebye (Siegman, 75), Salazar
Red card: S.F. Bay -- Davini 29.
Att.: 162.
Aug. 28 in Indianapolis
Indiana 3 New Orleans 2 (OT). Goals: Menk (M.Phillips) 30, Dresser (L.Crawford) 73, Dresser (Sweeney) 102; Maxwell (Alcero) 27, Beech 75.
Indiana -- Browder, Cowan (Weiger, 29), A.Parrish, Pickup, Blackbourne (L.Crawford, 58), Duff, Sweeney, Menk, Baah, M.Phillips, E.Moneme (Dresser, 46).
New Orleans -- Andrews, Descombs, Mikulski (Gaunt, 93), Samples (Rebuck, 79), C.Brown (Dixon, 73), Guastaferro, Tadlock, Alcero, J.Russell, Maxwell, Beech.
Att.: 1,478.
Aug. 28 in San Diego
San Diego 4 Orange County 0. Goals: Alegre 21, Adair (Farias) 42, Alegre (Dumitru) 79, Dumitru (Watson) 85.
San Diego -- Rueda, P.Brown, Sinohui, Cruz, Legg (Gins, 66), Alegre, Calderson (Dumitru, 30), Hetherington, Chaisongkram, Adair (Watson, 46), T.Robles (Farias, 24).
Orange Cty. -- Littman, J.Vasquez, S.Saunders, Lak, M.Foster, M.Vasquez, Polowski, Boyce (M.Robles, 42), George (Engesser, 46), Patterson, Soto (Leal, 46).
Red card: Orange County -- M.Foster 53.
Att.: 3,000.
Aug. 29 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville 1 Richmond 4. Goals: Munoz (Ledesma) 41; Lowe (T.Williams) 42, Glasgow 59, Glasgow (Lowe) 80, Glasgow (De.Etienne) 89.
Jacksonville -- Casola, Broderick (Vilhjalmsson, 72), Tomaro, Schmidt (Nunez, 58), Santora, Gonzales, Care, Ledesma (Simutowe, 63), Nickerson, De Oliveira, Munoz.
Richmond -- Deegan, Pizzolitto, Da.Etienne (De.Etienne, 9), Lekics, Ferruzzi, Bueso (Radski, 72), Jonas (Borgard, 81), T.Williams, Glasgow, Lowe, DeRosario.
Att.: 420.
Aug. 29 in Arnold, Md.
Maryland 1 Raleigh 4. Goals: Echeverry (pen.) 49; C.White (DeSantis) 2, C.White (Watkins) 4, Watkins (Merkel) 11, Merkel (C.White) 63.
Maryland -- Yetso, Hunter (Vega, 69), LeCrum, Knapman, D.Phillips, Armas, Kitson, Newland, Pusey, Echeverry, Anderson.
Raleigh -- Morton, Parry, DeSantis, Nunley, Mekelburg (Dan.Edwards, 67), Pao, Pinon, Carithers, C.White, Merkel, Watkins (Danielson, 75).
Red card: Maryland -- Echeverry 88.
Att.: 211.
Aug. 29 in Bethel Park, Pa.
Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 0. Goals: Eller (Evans) 29, Apple (Vasic) 88, DePalma (Evans) 89.
Pittsburgh -- Dedini, Terlecky, Bell, Tripoli (Jaworski, 68), Bonseu, Meyer, Butler (DePalma, 77), Kot, Eller (Vasic, 56), Evans, Karn (Apple, 56).
Atlanta -- Oshoniyi, Bednar, Norcott, Crane, Valcourt (Bahr, 72), Silva (Samuels, 61), Stadler, Shishkov (Mohyeldin, 56), Castillo, Renfrum, Raeburn (Suarez, 46).
Red card: Atlanta -- Bednar 41.
Att.: 3,207.
Aug. 29 in El Paso, Texas
El Paso 2 Tennessee 0. Goals: Griego (Galindo) 22, Lomeli (Mengual) 78.
El Paso -- Plummer, Banuelos, Mengual, Orozco (Mancera, 88), Galindo (E.Wilson, 53), Lomeli, Mora (Chavez, 78), O.Mercado, Sells, Griego, Perez.
Tennessee -- Burke, Fisher, McNamee, Cohen, McAlpine (Laise, 67), DeVall (Barrett, 50), Londono, Potter (Comeaux, 62), Cole, Mittlestaedt, Tomlinson.
Att.: 1,689.
Aug. 29 in Burnaby, B.C.
Vancouver 4 Milwaukee 0. Goals: Thompson (Sebrango) 4, Thompson (Valente) 51, Sebrango (Sulentic) 66, Sulentic (Thompson) 69.
Vancouver -- Shepherd, Hall, Lyall, MacDonald, Fonseca (Franks, 66), Sulentic, Berg (D'Onofrio, 81), Skinner, Valente (Dailly, 72), Sebrango (Jordan, 67), Thompson.
Milwaukee -- Green, Iribarren (Ja.Provan, 55), Lopez, Timbers, Cerro, Szczepanski, Storm, Marquinhos, Stebbins, D.Marshall, Dalombo.
Att.: 4,472.
Aug. 30 in Bangor, Pa.
Lehigh Valley 1 Rochester 0. Goal: Dotsenko (Imler) 26.
Lehigh Vly. -- Sutton, Zaun, Dal.Edwards, Imler, Zavagnin, Oudin, J.Henderson, Checcio, Trotman, Boney (Bader, 82), Dotsenko (Franzke, 70).
Rochester -- Onstad, Restrepo, Schweitzer, Ti.Hardy, Walton (Kirmse, 46), Daligcon, Allnutt, Sedgewick, D.Miller (Zavala, 68), Biello, Tilley (Young, 60).
Red cards: Rochester -- Ti.Hardy 57, Schweitzer 75, Restrepo 85.
Att.: 1,356.
(Note: the Aug. 29 match between Hershey and Charleston was postponed due to Hurricane Dennis and has been rescheduled for Sept. 6.)
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